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the wretch convicted of treason was executed under cir- 

 cumstances of cruelty which would have been too much for 

 the nerves of the fiercest of the Apaches or Sioux. In- 

 stances in support of what I here assert crop up all over 

 the pages of history; the trouble is, not to discover them, 

 but to keep them from blinding the memory to matters 

 more pleasant to remember. Certainly, the American 

 aborigine is not indebted to his pale-faced brother, no 

 matter of what nation or race he may be, for lessons in 

 tenderness and humanity. 



After reviewing the methods by which the gentle, friendly 

 natives were turned into tigers, Bourke gives this final 

 example : 



"And then there have been 'Pinole Treaties,' in which 

 the Apaches have been invited to sit down and eat repasts 

 seasoned with the exhilarating strychnine. So that, take 

 it for all in all, the honors have been easy so far as treachery, 

 brutality, cruelty and lust have been concerned. The one 

 great difference has been that the Apache could not read 

 or write and hand down to posterity the story of his wrongs, 

 as he, and he alone, knew them." — ("On the Border with 

 Crook," John G. Bourke, pp. 114-15-16-17-18.) 



THE WIPING OUT OF NANNI-CHADDI 



(December 27th, 1872.) 



(From the account by Captain J. G. Bourke, in his book 

 "On the Border with Crook" 1892. By permission of 

 Messrs Charles Scribner's Sons.) 



For the same old reason, as always before, the Apaches 



of Arizona were fighting the whites, but doing it successfully. 



The Government at length sent against them fresh 



